Do you think to bring
CHANGE?
Do you want to be the
part of one of the most innovative development programme?
Do you want to live with
change?
IF YES!
Read the below challenging role!
Caritas India is a lead development organization as well as the
largest networked organisation in country would be soon starting 2nd
phase of her development programme-HARIT
PRAYAS in Bundelkhand region in three districts –Allahabad ( shankargarh),
Jhansi , and Sagar. For the same we
invite applications for the position of Programme specialist to be work with
our partner organisations in Allahabad, Sagar and Jhansi .
About HARIT PRAYAS: Caritas India, Caritas
Spain and Caritas Italiana entered into a partnership agreement to jointly work
for the development of BPL SC, ST and OBC community living under the most
vulnerable situation in Bundelkhand region, India. This commitment is
translated in to a project titled ‘HARIT PRAYAS-a participatory approach for securing livelihood in 64 villages
of 23 districts ( Sagar-MP, Chatarpur-MP and Jhansi-UP) of Bundelkhand region’
implemented by the local partner MVSS-Sagar ( in Sagar) , SSSS-Satna (in
Chatarpur) and JCSS-Jhansi (in Jhansi) with funding support from Caritas Spain
( for Chatarpur and Sagar) and Caritas Italiana (for Jhansi)HARIT PRAYAS as a result
based programme till Dec 2013 able to achieve 91% of total set results and also able to contribute .099% in the development of Bundelkhand region.
In terms of reach although programme is being implemented in 64 villages, but
its impact is been reached to more than 200 villages and impact could be
largely seen in terms of following:
1. A village (Majhota) in Chatarpur has officially changed its
name to HARIT PRAYAS Majhota
2.A village ( semlapur) in Sagar is 100% CFL electrified village (
1st in MP)
3. A village (Kota
) in Chatarpur 100% household practices 100% organic cultivation
4. A village in
Jhansi, where community and panchayt banned veil system
5. A village in Jhansi where a CBO of
Rajputs and Dalits formed 1st time
in region and broken all walls of caste system
6. 1st Team where in recruitment process Caritas
India has been the part of process and supported her valuable partners for
hiring capable team
7. 1st development project in region where social
audit of the project has been done
8. 1st project to initiate a concept of leaning cycle
with other projects, community, government officials and others NGOs
9. 1st project to be socially audited by community in
India
Position: Programme Specialists
Locations: For three locations: Sagar ( with MVSS-Sagar organisation) ,
Jhansi (With JCSS-Jhansi organisation and
Allahabad (With Janhit sewasadan organisation)
Functional
Area: Programme Management
Qualification
& Experience:
·
Post Graduate in Rural Management,
Rural Development, Social work, Development Management, agriculture,
Horticulture, Sociology, forest management, enterprise development, sustainable
development and other related subjects (social sciences) from a reputed
institution with at least 60% of marks.
·
Experience in the area of
community development especially in sustainable agricultural and government
schemes (NREGS) activities through CBOs.
·
Experience in the area of
government Liasioning
·
Ability to undertake unaccompanied
travel in interior rural areas.
·
At least 1-3 years of
experience in development sector
Other
skills required
·
Effective verbal and written
communications skills in English & Hindi.
·
Excellent command over MS Office (
especially on word, excel & power point)
·
Knowledge and experience of blog
writing
·
Action Research
Expertise
required (negotiable)
·
On Result Based Management ( RBM)
·
MGNREGA
·
FRA
·
RTI
·
Organic Cultivation
Responsibilities
§ Set overall directions/strategies of the project
§ Regular follow up on implementation and participatory monitoring
of the project to attain desirable outputs.
§ Regular liaison with CARITAS INDIA for reporting and guidance.
Implementation of overall plans within the district specific context and proper
monitoring and reporting.
§ Extensive field visits to support direct actions field area.
§ Liaison with district administration for effective policy advocacy
§ Undertake capacity building initiatives at the grassroots for
effective learning and support. Planning and conducting trainings.
§ Prepare best management of capacity building inputs through
participatory monitoring and documentation.
§ Review the progress of activities at cluster of villages
§ Develop strategy for intervening with the marginalized sections of
the village and provide handholding support to women/ dalit members as per
needs.
§ Documentation of capacity building experiences for replication.
Ensure timely completion of the activities and proper documentation
§ Providing access to information to Panchayat and Gram Sabha
members
Salary
and other benefits: 20000/- PM (depends on the
individual qualities and experience) plus travel allowance, trainings and
opportunity to be the part of an innovative project.
INTERVIEW Detail
Date:
26th Sept 2014
Time:
9.00 am
Process:
Registration, Written exam, Group discussion and Panel interview
Documents
required: CV, Masters marksheet photo copy
Place
of Interview:
Jan Hit Sadan
Near Bethany Convent School
Naini - 211008
Allahabad
What
we look for
While
assessing a candidate, we look for job specific skills, comparable experience,
ability to work well with others, initiative, analytical & problem solving
ability, ability to organize, plan and execute and most importantly, potential.
It goes without saying that one must be passionate about working for the
development of the people.
